Public interest should be put first in hospital system overhaul : Deputy PM
Public interest, especially patients’ benefits, should be given due attention when rearranging the system of hospitals under the management of the Health Ministry, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said.
Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha addresses the meeting on June 1. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Public interest, especially patients’ benefits, should begiven due attention when rearranging the system of hospitals under the managementof the Health Ministry, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said.
He made the requirement at an online meeting of ministries, sectors andlocalities on the reshuffle of hospitals under the direct control of the HealthMinistry on June 1.
He underlined the necessity of separating state management and the administrationof non-business public establishments in the health care sector, urging for anew approach in re-organising the hospital system to ensure a balance betweencentral and local levels, invest more in areas with underdeveloped healthservices and develop fields of medicine in accordance with the present diseasesituation.
At the meeting, the Health Ministry reported that it is managing 34 hospitals.Under the project of overhauling those hospitals, the ministry will retainmanagement of 30. Among the four others, one will be transferred to themanagement of the province where it is located, two will be re-organised intohospitals of the Hanoi Medical University and one will be turned into a branchof a regional hospital./.
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Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha addresses the meeting on June 1. (Photo: VNA) 
